I’ll start by saying I usually build my own computers, versus buying a pre-built. However, after planning a build in this case and seeing the sale price and components of this pre-built unit, I decided to pull the trigger. Buying these components separately is approximately the same price as the pre-built, with little markup if any. On sale, this is actually cheaper than building it yourself. Impressive.
PC came packaged in a simple but colorful box, inside a larger basic brown one. There was foam on the inside and outside of the PC, and my unit arrived safely and ahead of schedule.
The case used for the build is the Tower 300, which is a unique and colorful case. The entire thing is a tool less design, the aesthetics are wonderful, and there is plenty of ventilation. It has more dust filters than I can count, and every potentially sharp edge has been dulled and rounded. Really no complaints here, knew that going in though. Great case and definitely high readability factor. -The rear I/O is a pain - you have to pop the toolless top off, unscrew two thumbscrews, and lift up a fan bracket to gain access to the rear motherboard I/O. While you hold that up you have to feed the cables through two grommets to finally plug in your keyboard or whatever. It looks brilliant just sitting there and isn’t a big deal if you’re only ever going to pop back there every once in a while but frequent users will be annoyed. Luckily, front I/O is great. The Hydrangea Blue hue of my case is a pretty soft blue that I like a LOT. It kinda looks like a health pack. Or maybe an escape pod. I love seeing it on my desk.
Cable management was done remarkably well and is the definition of professional. Extremely tight and properly routed. Thumbs up.
Part selection is good, not perfect, but not bad. Good attention to detail with a color matched GPU and motherboard. The GPU is a MSI Ventus 2X and the motherboard is an entry-level ASRock board without overclock support — definitely cost-cut components to some extent. The NVMe SSD is Kingston-branded. The PSU is a Thermaltake 850w unit that seems to be a cut above many pre-built units I’ve seen. RAM and 420mm AIO are also Thermaltake units of high quality. With 32GB RAM, 16GB VRAM and 2TB of SSD out of the box, it shouldn’t need upgrades anytime soon.
The default RGB is quite vibrant but is reliant on ASRock Polychrome since the AIO is not supported by TT RGB PLUS. ASRock Polychrome is really unpolished and I recommend switching to SignalRGB, which the components play nicely with. This, alongside the fact that the motherboard did not come from the manufacturer with the critically important BIOS/microcode update to prevent the controversial Intel CPU from ruining itself over time. It is a very easy fix, but one I would have liked to see come from the factory and I RECOMMEND UPDATING YOUR BIOS IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL. The Ventus 2x does not support power limits over 100% in afterburner which limits its ceiling a good bit. It does however, have an awesome looking white backplate. It runs rather cool and quiet, peeking at 70C in stress tests and idling at an absurdly low 30C. The NVIDIA auto-overlock tool managed a particularly aggressive setting that is very stable — and put the GPU in the 75th percentile for all 4070 Ti Supers, despite the power limit constraints. A testament to the fantastic ventilation. ASpeaking of, the notoriously hot 14700KF also peeks around 70C, and overall I couldn’t be happier with the noise and thermals. It’s not a completely silent PC — but its quiet enough that I doubt anyone is going to ever consider returning it, even for sensitive bedroom environments. The 420mm AIO has no pump noise on quiet, and is kind of overkill for a stock-clock CPU, even if that CPU is one of Intel’s spiciest ever. That 14700KF is a plenty good choice for this build because the case has the cooling for it, but AMD has better socket longevity, better gaming performance, and does not have the microcode controversy that Intel did not handle well for a long time. Still, it’s objectively still one of the best performing CPUs out there so it’s not going to be bottlenecking anything for a long time either.
The SSD does shockingly well in benchmarks. I’m a Samsung loyalist when it comes to NVMe SSDs and I was nervous about this one. Turns out, it’s really no problem here. It absolutely cooked the controversial UserBenchmark test, scoring a perfect 100 percentile 10 straight tests over 5 days.
The Windows 11 install is the cleanest I have ever seen ship from a pre-built in my life. It is literally just drivers and ASRock Polychrome. I was fully prepared to spend a bunch of time cleaning up OEM garbage but there… isn’t any.
Performance is exactly what you expect from the components listed and Thermaltake has not gimped the hardware or used anything proprietary that would make upgrading or changing things difficult. If you’re more of a novice reading this — it’s is a beast and is going to crunch every task thrown at it like it’s nothing. It completely smokes every console and laptop currently available, and is practically top of the line here. This is a technical review but if you aren’t technical, just update the BIOS when you get it and load up games and get playing already.
To sum it up —
PROS:
- Looks amazing! Color matched, bright RGB.
- Relatively high quality parts (incl. PSU).
- Exemplary cable management.
- Ice cold and quiet under load.
- Zero bloatware.
- Standard parts that are easy to upgrade or service.
- Ideal pairing for 1440p, no obvious bottlenecks.
CONS:
- Intel in 2024.
- The BIOS did not come updated. Just because of how severely important this is, I strongly considered giving this product 4 starts instead of 5. I RECOMMEND UPDATING YOUR BIOS IMMEDIATELY, BEFORE LAUNCHING YOUR FIRST GAME.
- ASRock B760M motherboard is spartan.
- GPU has limited headroom for OC.
- Rear I/O access is inconvenient.
- The “25” near the I/O is permanently painted on for the company’s 25th anniversary.
I love this thing and I’m glad I bought it.